Roughly once a month, we pose questions to artists about their work and lives. We recently asked a group of artists, How much of the "self" is in your art? At what remove do you keep yourself (as a participant/subject), your experiences and memories, and/or your closely-held beliefs from your art? Part one of a two-part discussion. Alissa Cardone, choreographer My … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Jan 13
Woo hoo! It's a new year, meaning a new start, a blank canvas, and twelve new chances to share the news/notes of past MCC Artist Fellows & Finalists. Here's January '13. Carrie Bennett and Cheryl Clark Vermeulen both have poetry in the new issue of Caketrain. Sandy Litchfield and Sage Sohier both have solo shows opening at Carroll and Sons Gallery (1/4-2/16, … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – July 12
It's July: cue the John Philip Sousa and make way for a march of news from MCC Fellows/Finalists. Sophia Ainslie and Stacey Alickman are in the group show NET work: A drawing and mixed media installation at Kingston Gallery (7/5-7/28, reception 7/6, 5:30-7:30 PM), in which individual works by the show's artists have a variety of interconnections. Intra Country: … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – May 2011
Spring is a-bloom, allergens are omnipresent, and Massachusetts artists are being their usual awesome. Here's this month's news from past MCC fellows/finalists. This month, the Massachusetts Poetry Festival takes place in Salem, Massachusetts (you’ll see events featuring past fellows/finalists throughout this month’s notes). But we wanted to be sure to draw your … [Read more...]
Readings by State-awarded Poets and Writers
We are thrilled - THRILLED, I say - to announce the 2011 Commonwealth Reading Series, a series of literary events featuring Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellows/Finalists in prose and poetry! The readings will take place this March and April 2011 in the Boston area and Western Mass., and they'll feature awardees from our 2010 review in Fiction/Creative Nonfiction and Poetry. … [Read more...]